Mop



Juy 12, 1938,

N. C. RCHARDSON ET AL MOP Filed Mroh 19, 1936 Patented Ju1y12,193s 1- 2,123,805

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFIQE Mor Nathan C. Richardson and Richard B. Pekor, Columbus, Ga.

Application March 19, 1936, Serial No. 69,693

1 Claim. (Cl. 139-391) This invention relates to a mop. one group being of greater thickness than the The object of the invention resides in the prothreads of the other group, the threads of the said duction of an economical, durable and thoroughly other group being arranged in spaced sets, the eicient mop from a continuously woven strip of warp threads of greater thickness being alterfabric. nately arranged with respect to said sets and dis- A further object of the invention resides in the posed in a manner, during the weaving of the production of a mop having a pile working surstrip to provide the mop with a pile working face, from a continuously woven strip of fabric. surface.

A further object of the invention resides in the To the above ends essentially and to others l@ production yof a mop from a continuously woven which may hereinafter appear the invention constrip of fabric including warp threads of different sists of a mop construction which falls within the thicknesses and with stretches of the warp threads scope of the invention as claimed.

of greater thickness extended outwardly with In the drawing: respect to the other warp threads and severed to Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a completed provide the mop with a pile working surface. mop illustrating the pile forming stretches of a 15 A further object of the invention resides in the Warp thread disposed vertically and in spaced production of a mop from a continuously woven relation, strip of fabric including weft threads, and warp Figures 2, 3 and 4 are diagrammatic views illusthreads of different thickness, spaced stretches of tl'ating the SUCCGSSV@ SGDS applied t0 a WMD f5.3 the warp threads of greater thickness being exthread, during the weaving of the strip of fabric u tended outwardly with respect to the other warp to form the latter with spaced extended severed threads, during the weaving of the strip, and stretches to form spaced pile forming members.

severed to provide the mop with a pile working Figure 5 is a fragmentary View in bottom plan surface, and with the threads of smaller thickness of the woven strip of fabric, and the weft threads acting to lock the pile. Figure 6 is a perspective view of the mop, g5

A further object of the invention resides in the Figure 7 is a side elevation, upon a reduced production of a mop from a continuously woven scale illustrating the woven continuous strip strip of fabric including warp threads of different formed in a manner to provide a series of spaced thicknesses and weft threads, the warp threads of tandemvvise arranged complete mop forming secsmaller thickness being arranged in spaced sets, tions with the pile providing the working face for 3@ the warp threads. of greater thickness being altera mop hanging downwardly. nately disposed with respect to said sets and hav- The woven continuous strip of fabric from ing spaced stretches thereof extended outwardly which the mops are severed is generally indiwith respect to said sets and severed, during the cated at 8. The fabric B includes a series of weaving of the strip, to provide the mop with a sectional coarse warp threads 9 disposed in I pile working surface, and with the weft threads Spaced relation wtih respect t0 each Other, a and the warp threads of smaller thickness lockseries of iine continuous warp threads I0 and a ing the pile to the fabric body. weft thread il. The ne warp threads lll are A further object of the invention resides in the arranged in a series of sets IlfL of threads and production of a mop from a continuously woven with the said sets disposed in lateral spaced rela- 0 stripr of fabric including warp threads having tion with respect to each other. Only one of the spaced severed stretches thereof extended from outer sets of said series of sets is shown and is the outer face of the strip to form the mop with a indicated at I2. The intermediate sets of said flexible, shiftable pile working surface, series of sets are designated at I3. A coarse Warp A further object of the invention resides in the thread 9 is arranged between each pair of sets 45 production of a flexible mop from a continuously of fine warp threads. The thread Il is formed woven strip of fabric having warp threads thereof with oppositely extending strands I Ia providing disposed in a manner, during the weaving of the bites at each side of the strip- 8. Efach set of strip, to provide the mop with a pile working ne warp threads may consist of two or more surface spaced inwardly adjacent the edges of the threads, and is shown by way of example as con- 5G strip. sisting of two. The threads of each set of fine A further object of the invention resides in the warp threads are arranged in sidewise abutting production of a flexible mop from a continuously relation. The coarse warp threads 9 are alterwoven strip of fabric having filler or weft threads nately arranged with respect to the sets of ne and two groups of warp threads, the threads of warp threads I0. Preferably the thickness of 55 the threads I0 and Il will be the'same. The thickness of the threads 9 will always be greater than that of the threads I0 and I l. The coarse warp threads 9 are arranged in spaced alignment in sidewise relation.

The strip 8 is of the desired length and width and when woven continuously it will embody a series of tandemwise arranged spaced connected together mop forming sections I4 (Figure '7). Each section is adapted for severance from the strip and when severed constitutes a complete mop I5 (Figure 6) consisting of a ilexible body IS having a pile working surface 62L and with the body I6 having a selvage at each side and at each end extending outwardly from the pile working surface IGH.

The warp threads 9, during the weaving of the str-ip 8 are acted upon in a manner to form looplike spaced stretches extended outwardly with respect to the threads l0 and Il stretches are severed at their outer ends to provide pile forming members.

Each coarse thread Q of the body i6 of the mop will be formed of a pair of spaced oppositely disposed endwise aligned angle-shaped end sections Il and a series of spaced endwise aligned U-shaped intermediate sections I8 arranged between and spaced from the sections l1.

Each end section I1 consists of a base I'iu and a portionl'ib extending outwardly from the inner end of base Ha to provide a pile member. Each section i8 will consist of a base Ita and portions I9 extending outwardly from the ends of the base I8@ to form pile members. The bases Iln and i8@ of the coarse warp threads are aligned with the sides of the ne warp threads IG. The bases of the end sections Il at one end of the coarse warp threads are sidewise alignedl with each other, the bases of the end sections Il at the other end of the coarse warp threads are sidewise aligned with each other and the bases I8a of the intermediate sections E8 or one coarse warp thread are sidewise aligned with the bases 18a of the intermediate sections I3a of the other coarse warp threads.

The strands Ha of the weft or filler thread ll interlace with the fine Warp threads. A group of the strands Ila of the thread Il interlaces with the bases of the end sections Il at one of the coarse warp threads. An independent group of the strands Ila of the thread Il interlaces with the bases of the end sections Il at the other end of the coarse warp threads and spaced groups of the strands H of the thread H interlace with the sidewise aligned bases of the intermediate sections i8 of the coarse warp threads. The groups of the strands of the warp thread Il which interlace with the several bases of the coarse warp threads referred to also interlace with the ne warp threads.

The pile 2) formed by the portions l'lb and I9 of the sections of the threads 9 is spaced inwardly adjacent the side and end edges of the severed and which portion of the strip 8 thereby providing a selvage 2l at each end of the mop and the selvage Zia at each side of the mop.

During the weaving of the strip 8, the warp threads 9 are simultaneously formed, at a spaced interval with outwardly directed sidewise aligning looped portions 22 which are shifted to overlie the threads Ill and l l. The looped portions 22 are open at their inner ends and closed at their outer ends. At the end of the shift of a set of sidewise aligning intermediate looped portions 22, the said portions 22 at their outer ends are severed to provide the intermediate Sections of the Warp threads and the pile forming members I9. At the end of the shift of the first and the last formed Vset of sidewise aligning loop forming portions 22, the said first and last formed sets are 'severed at their outer ends to provide the end sections of the coarse warp threads and the pile forming members |121. The pile forming members I9 are arranged between the pile forming members Ha.

What we claim is;

A mop comprising a fabric body formed of spaced parallel sets of continuous ne warp threads, a series of sectional coarse warp spaced parallel threads and a continuous weft thread, each coarse warp thread being arranged between a pair of sets of fine warp threads, each of said coarse warp threads consisting of a pair of endwise aligned spaced end sections and a series of spaced endwise aligned intermediate sections arranged between said end sections, each end section including a base and a portion extending outwardly from the inner end of the base to provide a pile forming member, each intermediate section including a base the intermediate base section being interlaced with the weft in a W weave and a portion extending outwardly from eac-h end of its base to form spaced pile forming members, the bases of the end sections of a coarse warp thread arranged in sidewise aligning relation with respect to the bases of the end sections of the other coarse warp threads, the bases of the intermediate sections of one of said coarse warp threads arranged in sidewise aligning relation with respect to the bases of the intermediate sections of the other coarse Warp threads, said weft thread being formed with oppositely extending strands providing bights at the sides of said body against the outer ones of the ne warp threads, said strands interlaced with and throughout the fine warp threads, there being respectively a group of strands interlaced with the sidewise aligned bases of thesections at one end of the coarse warp threads; a group of strands interlaced with the sidewise aligned bases of the sections at the other end of the coarse warp threads; and spaced groups of strands interlaced with the sidewise aligned bases of the intermediate sections of the coarse Warp threads.

NATHAN C. RICHARDSON. RICHARD B. PEKOR. 

